Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 December 2018
421. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of areas of natural constraint and areas of specific constraint payments that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53494/18]
View answerUnder the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme some 100,800 applicants hold eligible designated lands. To date some 92,250 applicants have been paid a total of €221.6m. It is important to point out that not all applicants with eligible lands will receive payment for the 2018 scheme. This is due to the fact that individual farmers who have yet to meet their stocking density requirements may or may not do so by the end of the year depending on their farming practice/decisions.
